The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-06
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
WHEN Mr.. n. W. Noell, the recently ap-
pointed postmaster at Cisco, Tex, pre-
sented his credentials to David Redfield
and demanded possession of the Office, Red
field refused to turn over the Office to him.
Redfield claims that he can not legally turn
over the Office until Mr. NOEL has been con-
firmed by the Senate.
THREE of the crew of the American bark
Lillian, which arrived at Greenock, Eng
land, recently, were lost in a gale Decem-
Der 10.
THE Secretary of State has information
that two firms in Hong Kong, viz, Gin
Tung Hi and Wing King Tung Kit, are
largely engaged in selling certificates to
land Chinese in this country, and that they
smuggle females through American ports
for immoral purposes.
THE steamboat Bradish John, used as a
boarding house at Jackson, Ala, where the
West Alabama railroad bridge is building
was burned the other night. Two whites,
Otis McElroy, of Mobile, and Dan Mithouse
of New York, were missing; and two ne
groes We're drowned, and it was believed
that ten others, all negroes, perished in the
flames and ten others were drowned.
THE schedule in the assignment of the
firm of F. NJ. Foster q Co, upholsterers,
New York.,shOw liabilities of S9S2, 600; con-
tingent, $SS,964; nominal assets, 1914, 126,
and actual assets. SS22 356.
DEPUTY ATTORNEY Posi- made motion
before Judge Barrett at New York recent
ly to restrain the Globe Mutual Benefit As
sociation, an insurance cooperative society,
from insuring the lives of infants in arms,
arguing that they could not become mem
bers of the association and take part in the
elections and other business connected with
it, as provided by the statute. The court
gave counsel a week to file briefs.
A DUEL was fought IN the City of Mexico
recently between Prince Augustin Iturbide
and SenOr CarcedO, both of whom are
members of the Jockey Club. The weapons
used were swords. The Prince wounded
his antagonist in the shoulder, but not dan
gerOusly.
THE American Society of Naturalists be-
ganits fifth annual meeting in Philadelphia
on the 2Sth. A paper was read by the
President, q. K. Gilbert, of the United
States Coast Survey. 1t was devoted to a
consideration of the methods for finding the
equations for determining rain and thunder
storms, etc. Prof. F. B. Wilson, professor
of biology at Bryn Mawr, addressed the so
ciety upon the subject of molds and their
relation to bacteria.
In a saloon quarrel at Cairo, Ill, the other
night Thomas Spicer, cOlored, was thrown
to the floor by Henry Hayes and Thomas
Mehan, who covered him with turpentine
and set fire to his clothing. The victim died
soon after and the perpetrators are in Jail.
THE Galesburg Qll) opera house was
totally destroyed by fire the other even
ing. The building cost $4,000: insured for
S25. 600. Other losses will aggregate $4,000
to $4,000.
THE two masted steamer Sir John burned
at St. John, n. B., the othernight. Search
ing parties found the crew of twenty men
huddled together in the NOW on the rocks
at Black Point Their clothes were frozen
to their bodies and they were suffering
terribly. Five were so seriously burned,
including Captain Purdy, that they could
not live. John Sinclair, the steward, was
drowned while swimming ashore.
CHARLES H. RAYMOND. dealer IN sup
plies. New York, has assigned. His prefer
ences amounted to sos, 100.
CAPTAIN SPARROW. an Englishman. who
went to New Mexico last June to go into the
cattle business and who was feeced out of
his entire fortune, $4,000, by cattle sharks,
committed suicide by shooting himself at
Las Vegas, n. NJ, recently.
THE annual statement of the savings
banks of Massachusetts is gratifying eX-
hibit. The number of open accounts is
9O6 0S9. an increase of 57.22522, and the amount
of deposits is S29l, ,197, 800, an increase of
SIG. 199.4SS.
JUDGE H. H. TRIMBLE, of Keokuk,
special master in chancery, recently
sold the Wabash road from Council Bluffs
TO Elm Flats, near Pattonsburg, No, dis
tance. 1+S miles, to E ". Sheldon for ST.
100000. who bid in the same for committee
of the bondholders.
ACCORDING to adv1ces from Natal there
is an alarming increase in that colony OF
| outrages upon European women by natives.
In many instances the guardians of jails
! have experienced great difficulty in pre-
venting the lynching of the criminals, and
| there is general popular demand for pub
| lie f1ogging, branding and hanging CT the
offenders.
IT is reported that Munich, Germany, is
about to be proclaimed in a state of siege.
AT the Sligo Qreland) assizes all the
| Catholic jurors in the panel were rejected
| for the trial of moonlighters.
1t is announced that the death has oc
CURED in her matched cottage, near Ayr,
Scotland, of Isabella Burns, the niece OF
| the poet and his last near relative. She
had just completed her eightieth year. Fol-
many years she has been well known tO
literary persons OF all countries, and had
every summer received visitors from the
admirers of her uncle.
WHOLESALE expulsion of Jews in Poland
has been ordered because they are upable
to pay for certificates as merchants of the
! first class.